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00:03Music
00:24Morning.
00:25I would guess from how you're walking that you are very excited.
00:28Yeah.
00:29Thomas, how are you feeling?
00:30Excited.
00:31Same.
00:34Are you okay on the stage?
00:36Yeah, I'm doing fine. Just a bit nervous, that's all.
00:38We all get a bit nervous.
00:40This is like the first ever person that made an animated show
00:44that's coming on the show and I got into so hype about it.
00:53Here he comes.
00:55Oh my God.
00:56Oh, here we go.
00:57Hello.
00:58Welcome to the assembly.
00:59Oh, it's nice to be here.
01:01Hi.
01:02How are you, my friends?
01:04I recognise a bunch of these faces as well.
01:07Hey guys, good to see you.
01:10I've seen your wonderful work.
01:12Oh, thank you.
01:13You guys are superstars.
01:15Wait, so you watched the Hamish episode?
01:17I did watch the Hamish episode.
01:19Oh no!
01:20I'm actually a bit nervous now.
01:28Straight down the barrel of the camera, okay?
01:31Everyone good?
01:33Okay, in three.
01:36Tonight, the assembly returns.
01:40And graduates from past series are back.
01:43Prep day one, prep day one.
01:45Hey guys.
01:46Mentored by Lee Sayles.
01:50Hi, everybody.
01:51The students have graduated from the Journalism Foundations course and they're ready for the next step.
01:56Taking us on the road.
01:58Wow.
01:58Let's keep going.
01:59And behind the scenes.
02:01This is really awesome.
02:04To level up our media skills.
02:06Hey Abby, we're about to record a song.
02:08Okay, I'm ready to go.
02:10On both sides of the camera.
02:11Square up to the camera.
02:13Some of Australia's most celebrated names are taking the hot seat.
02:17No making me cry, okay?
02:19For interviews like you've never seen before.
02:21What do you consider your most important decision?
02:24Um.
02:25Have you ever been arrested?
02:26That is a good question.
02:27What is the most bogan thing you've ever done?
02:30Oh ho ho.
02:31You've got this, Jess.
02:34Sorry.
02:34Tissue barrel is back again!
02:36You have proven that no questions are off the table.
02:40We are the assembly!
02:53Hello, Pearly.
02:55I'm going back to the assembly.
03:00Uh, yeah, I'll definitely need that.
03:03I'm very excited.
03:05It's...
03:06I'm coming back home.
03:09Let's do this.
03:12Doing the last series of the assembly was such a dream come true.
03:17And so it's just beyond my wildest imagination to be doing it again.
03:32Wow, I'm the first here.
03:35Since I was last on the assembly, I have been so busy.
03:40I got to interview Chris Hemsworth on the red carpet.
03:45Do an internship with ABC Sport.
03:48Ryan, my name is Abby.
03:49Lovely to meet you.
03:50Hi.
03:50The assembly has helped me a lot with all my confidence and interview skills.
03:56Thank you very much. Pleasure to meet you.
03:58And I got a job with the ABC social media team.
04:02To be back here again, it is very exciting.
04:05Abby!
04:06Pleasure!
04:07Hey, hey, hey!
04:09Super excited to see my old troops again.
04:11Hello.
04:12Hello.
04:13My name's Pat.
04:14Hello.
04:14I'm meeting some of the Series 1 folks who I've only seen on TV so far.
04:18So, it's a huge day.
04:20Hello.
04:20Let's do a proper handshake.
04:22Nice to meet you, Molly.
04:23Evie!
04:24Evie!
04:25Hi.
04:26Hello.
04:27Andrew!
04:27Hey, Andrew!
04:28Since I graduated from the assembly, I did my internship at the ABC in Canberra.
04:34Today, I am at the National Arboretum and I am going to go and talk to some people and find
04:39out what they do.
04:40I feel like a journalist now.
04:43So, have you got any new plants, Andrew?
04:45Yes, I have got quite a few.
04:47Quite a few.
04:47Any new succulents?
04:48No, not yet.
04:49Oh, no.
04:53Hello, everyone.
04:55Hello.
04:56Hello.
04:57Hey, guys.
04:58Nice to meet you, mate.
04:59I'm Finn.
04:59I'm Salas.
05:00Season 1, guys.
05:01Oh, great to finally meet you.
05:03Tell.
05:04James.
05:04Nice to be here.
05:05Season 2, Season 1.
05:07Hi!
05:08How are you guys?
05:09I'm very excited that the group's back together.
05:12We're back!
05:13And I'm very curious about who are the celebrities we're going to interview next.
05:26This time on the Assembly, my role as mentor is continuing.
05:30But I know the students now all quite well, so I know with some of them that they can be
05:35pushed to reach their potential a little bit more.
05:38Where is Lee?
05:40Just like Lee!
05:41Lee!
05:42Lee!
05:43Lee!
05:43Lee!
05:43Lee!
05:44Lee!
05:45Lee!
05:45Lee!
05:45Lee!
05:46Lee!
05:46Lee!
05:47Lee!
05:48Lee!
05:48Lee!
05:48Hi, everybody.
05:52Welcome back for Season 3 of The Assembly.
05:54Woo!
05:55Woo!
05:57I'm taking it from that reaction you're all very excited.
05:59We could be like you.
06:00You're like us like a mom to us.
06:01Oh, that's nice.
06:03Tell me about what you've all been doing since I last saw you, say, Willow.
06:07I've learned how to make a short film.
06:08Great!
06:09How about you, Thomas?
06:11I've started a podcast.
06:13Fantastic!
06:15Ooh!
06:16Fletcher, how about you?
06:17Well, I did my interview with the Wiggles.
06:20I saw that.
06:21Very, very good.
06:22What's the best part about being a Wiggle?
06:25The best thing about being a Wiggle, I think Fletcher is getting a chance to meet people like you.
06:29Did you enjoy it?
06:31Yes, I did.
06:32What were they like?
06:34Like, come straight out of TV.
06:38What about you, Bethany?
06:39I got to work at a festival, actually.
06:41I did that with Angus, and we got to invite people from the festival, like musicians,
06:46to come and sit in our morning show and ask some questions.
06:49Oh, how cool.
06:50So do we know what Angus is up to?
06:52Angus is working at Triple J.
06:54What?
06:54That's fantastic.
06:55That is so cool.
06:56Sorry for Angus.
06:57Very exciting.
06:58I am so proud of all the incredible things that the students have done since they appeared on the assembly.
07:03But more than that, I'm just so thrilled at watching their confidence develop.
07:08Would you like me to tell you who our first guest is going to be for this?
07:12He is one half of Australia's most famous comedy duo.
07:17He is a quiz master.
07:20I know who it is.
07:20He is an internationally successful author.
07:23Do you want to have a stab at guessing who it is, Thomas?
07:25Andy Lee.
07:26It is Andy Lee.
07:30Yes, Andy Lee.
07:32Good guess.
07:34What do you know about him, Thomas?
07:36The fact that he's done Do Not Open This Book.
07:38He's done The Hundred.
07:39We are back.
07:40A brand new season of The Hundred, only made possible by the people up there.
07:44He's from Hamish and Andy.
07:45He's done Gap here.
07:46Hello there.
07:48You promised me you'll see me down there?
07:49Yeah, I'll see you down there.
07:59So cool.
08:02He's also been nominated for Gold Logies and he has won a Logie with Hamish.
08:07Yeah, they're very, very popular.
08:08Well, we thought we'd give it a try.
08:10I would be blind and Hamish would be deaf for 50 hours.
08:14Guys, I just want to take this opportunity to tell you both that Hamish wipes his bum from the front.
08:20He does.
08:21He does.
08:23Anastasia, you seem pretty excited about Andy.
08:25I was actually recently watching Do Not Watch The Show and I watched the first episode
08:29and I thought it was like really, really, really funny.
08:32How are you feeling, Wiz?
08:34No!
08:35Actually quite busy.
08:36This is the first person who made a cartoon show that's coming on the show.
08:42And I'm really excited to be talking about animation with him.
08:46I haven't got time for you today.
08:48Let's do it!
08:49Shall we split into our group?
08:51Let's do it!
08:52Let's split into our groups.
08:53Let's do it!
09:00Alrighty.
09:01Let's start pairing our questions for Andy Lee.
09:04I've got to get my notebook out.
09:06Do I have a question about how he got Ben from the Olympic Village?
09:09Hi!
09:11Hello, Babish Lee!
09:12Hello, Lee!
09:13I know you're all very excited about Andy.
09:16These questions I've come up with are very cheeky.
09:19Oh, okay.
09:19I like it when you're cheeky.
09:21I have did.
09:21Just a tiny bit of research on it.
09:24Is that tiny?
09:27I researched that he's always checking in with his friends
09:30and maybe he may have had a friend that committed suicide or something.
09:34That's good thinking.
09:35Coming back to the assembly, I'm doing a lot more research.
09:39I'm not afraid to ask the hard questions.
09:42Yeah, that's a good question.
09:44Do we like Andy's comedy?
09:47I associate him and Hamish together.
09:51Yeah.
09:52What fascinates me about Andy is the whole comedy duo thing.
09:57I like Andy Lee a lot, but what I also find interesting about Andy Lee
10:01is he's often pushed behind Hamish
10:04and doesn't get the success that he probably deserves
10:08because he is a very funny guy.
10:10And he is funny.
10:12He is.
10:12Like, he can stand on his own two feet.
10:14He seems to have a love for Australian architecture
10:17if he bought that mansion he's doing up as well.
10:19Yeah. I think it was built 1874.
10:22Oh, that's interesting.
10:23OK, Evie.
10:24I've written six.
10:26Good.
10:26I heard about Do Not Watch The Show
10:28and I didn't know he made it.
10:29I was like, oh, that was him?
10:30So then I was like, OK, I need to watch it now
10:33and I've watched it.
10:34I was like, oh, my gosh.
10:35Did you like it?
10:36I loved it.
10:37One of my dreams is to be a voice actor
10:40and I also very love drawing, so I'm very excited to meet Andy Lee.
10:45All right, Thomas, what do you reckon?
10:48OK.
10:48Are there any more Do Not Open This Book's in the works?
10:51And I've already put some suggestions.
10:54Do not open this book, I beg you.
10:57Do not open this book, now go away.
11:00Listen to me, do not open this book.
11:03Do not open this book or you'll be sorry.
11:06Do not be an idiot and do not open this book.
11:11I said for the last time, do not open this book.
11:15Can I just say they're amazing?
11:17They are so brilliant.
11:18I would publish every single one of those.
11:22Good work, gang.
11:23See you at the interview.
11:34Are you OK, Anastasia?
11:36Yeah, I'm doing fine.
11:37Just a bit nervous, that's all.
11:38We all get a bit nervous.
11:40I'm just hoping that Andy doesn't know me
11:42because right now I'm about to Andy flee.
11:44So do you know what I do sometimes before an interview
11:46if I'm getting a bit overwhelmed and a bit stressed?
11:48Just do some good deep breathing, OK?
11:50Yeah, I do that too.
11:51Let's do some box breathing and run together, OK?
11:53So in for four.
11:57Hold for four.
12:03See how that calms you down?
12:05Yeah, thank you.
12:09Hi.
12:10How are you, my friend?
12:12Yeah, you too.
12:13Hello.
12:14Hello.
12:15Can I say I'm a big fan of your show?
12:18Even though you've been told not to watch them?
12:20Yes.
12:21Even if I told not to watch.
12:24Hi there.
12:25I'm Andy.
12:27Ciao.
12:27Ciao.
12:27Good to see you.
12:28We watched the show.
12:30And the book.
12:31I didn't realise there's a bunch of rebels here.
12:34All right, Andrew, do you want to kick us off?
12:38Hello, Andy.
12:39I'm Andrew.
12:40Welcome.
12:40Hello, Andrew.
12:41This is a safe place.
12:43Everyone can relax and be themselves.
12:46There'll be no judgement.
12:48Please do what you need to join in.
12:50For example, fidget, move, take a break.
12:53Ask if you need anything to help you to be included.
12:56Welcome, Andy.
12:57I feel very welcome.
12:58Thank you very much, Andrew.
12:59Savannah?
13:02Hello, Andy.
13:03Hey, Savannah.
13:04We are a collective of autistic journalism students
13:08and we are very happy to have you join us today.
13:10I'm very happy to be here.
13:12Aww.
13:13Aww.
13:14Our rules are no subject is out of bounds.
13:17Ugh, maybe I'm not happy to be here.
13:21No, I am.
13:22I am.
13:22Sorry, Savannah.
13:23Sorry.
13:23Okay.
13:24Our rules are no subject is out of bounds,
13:26no question is off the table,
13:28and anything might happen.
13:32Welcome to the assembly.
13:33Thank you very much.
13:35How funny.
13:36Our first question is going to be from Fletcher.
13:39You have a lot of luck with the ladies and now engaged.
13:42I am still looking for my first girlfriend.
13:44Do you remember your first girlfriend?
13:46And can you pass on any tips on how to get girls
13:48that are much better looking than you?
13:54Yes, I do have experience in dating people that are far more attractive than me.
14:00Thank you for pointing that out.
14:03To be honest, be yourself, Fletcher.
14:06The one thing that I find really interesting about dating and when I was single,
14:09people would be telling me what to do,
14:11and don't text her this day, but make sure you wait three days and do this.
14:15And I found that really hard and overwhelming.
14:20And so as soon as I went back to just being myself,
14:23if I liked someone, I'd ask them out.
14:26If they said no, that's okay.
14:28I didn't waste time on it.
14:29So I think being yourself,
14:33it's lovely when you find someone that's really compatible with you.
14:36And so that person will also come to you.
14:39Thank you, Andy.
14:40Thank you, Fletcher.
14:42Hey, Andy, I'm Finn.
14:43Hey, Finn.
14:44Were there any moments on the show, Hamish and Andy's Gap Here,
14:48when you were genuinely fearful of your life?
14:51Yeah.
14:52We went and jumped off a bridge in Bosnia.
14:55Oh, what?
14:55Oh, wow.
14:56In a place called Mostar.
14:58And the bridge was 25 metres high.
15:02And I'm not particularly scared of heights.
15:04Hamish is, so I thought this would be...
15:06I organised this one.
15:07Oh, no, no, no.
15:08I jumped off first.
15:10It was extremely painful.
15:12I bruised every vertebrae in my back.
15:15Ooh.
15:16But after I felt my pain,
15:18I was completely winded.
15:20And I got to the edge of the river,
15:22and I told the cameraman,
15:24Tell him not to jump.
15:25Tell him not to jump.
15:27Tell him not to jump.
15:28Tell him not to jump.
15:28And the cameraman was kind of half not paying attention to me
15:31because Hamish had already stepped over the rail.
15:33Oh, boy.
15:34Yeah, that's the time I felt the most scared for my friend
15:37and thought, we shouldn't be doing this.
15:40Yeah.
15:40So, yeah, please, no-one go and do that.
15:43That's horrible.
15:43We won't.
15:44I won't.
15:45And it's not like the books.
15:46It's like, do not do that and you still do it.
15:48Okay, this one's a do not do that.
15:49Oliver.
15:51Hi, Andy.
15:52You and Hamish started on the same track.
15:55Fast forward to now.
15:57Hamish has a wife, two kids,
15:59and a calendar full of school pick-ups.
16:01You've got a fiancé, no kids,
16:03and a giant renovation project.
16:05Who's really winning at life?
16:06Me.
16:06No.
16:08Oh!
16:08Next question.
16:09No.
16:11Um...
16:12It's an interesting thing to ask.
16:14Winning at life.
16:17It's completely down to the person and what makes them happy.
16:20I'm absolutely content with my fiancé and trying to build a house
16:24and my dog.
16:26But, um, we always measure success by sometimes money or happiness
16:32and all those type of things.
16:34It's tough when it comes to power or money
16:35because I've got a friend of mine who just works nine to five,
16:39labouring, clocks off, goes to the pub,
16:41hangs out with his friends, has the best time,
16:42doesn't worry about work.
16:44And I actually think he's the most successful
16:46because he's winning life because it's exactly what he wants to do
16:48and he feels really content.
16:50So, if you're content with what you're doing,
16:52I think you're winning life.
16:54Thank you very much.
16:55Abby, your go.
16:57Why did it take you forever to propose to Bec?
17:00Oh, Abby.
17:02You've got to do your proper due diligence, you know.
17:05Um, several references, uh, background checks.
17:08Uh, I had several private investigators follow Bec
17:11for numerous years.
17:12To gather all the data to make sure she's the right one for me.
17:16Um, the real reason is we were just having so much fun.
17:21I knew Bec was the one for me, um, pretty early.
17:25But, uh, when you're having fun and you've got other things to do,
17:29um, it didn't quite feel like the right time.
17:31And certainly we've both grown together and individually
17:35and I think making a big life decision,
17:38whether it's marriage or any of those things,
17:39it's really nice to do it on a really stable footing
17:43when both people in the relationship
17:45are feeling really comfortable and really sure of themselves.
17:49And Bec and I had got to that place,
17:50so that's where I felt like it was the right time to get married.
17:53Well, I do love a good wedding.
17:57Um, was there a time when opening up to a friend
18:01made a real difference in your life?
18:04Yeah.
18:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:06It's, um, I think we can carry things quite heavy, uh, at times.
18:12And, uh, this one, this came to me because
18:15I was carrying something quite heavy
18:18and I did go and seek therapy.
18:20I sought counselling for that.
18:22Um, and when I was younger I was like,
18:25counselling's for wusses, what's all that about?
18:27I really didn't believe, yeah, that was the, not, not the,
18:30that was not the way that I kind of viewed the world.
18:33And as I got older and realised that I was troubling, uh, being troubled,
18:37I felt I really have to turn to someone.
18:41Talking to a therapist, they just said,
18:43you need to tell more people about this.
18:47And when people say that saying,
18:48a problem shared is a problem halved,
18:50there is a truth to that.
18:52I think it's really important that you can feel a sense of relief,
18:55but also you can gather intel on how you might find a solution
19:00when, when you share these type of problems.
19:02So, yeah, that was really helpful.
19:04Well, I think it's really important to have friends.
19:07Absolutely. Yeah.
19:09Savannah?
19:10Have you ever been arrested?
19:12Or gone to jail?
19:14Or gone to jail?
19:16I haven't been arrested.
19:18Mm-hm.
19:19I have been put in the back of a divvy van, though.
19:21What's a divvy van?
19:22A divvy van is the, uh, the police car
19:25that looks like a nice station wagon.
19:28But instead of the back of it,
19:29where you put your surfboards and your dog sometimes,
19:31they put the criminals.
19:32So it's not a nice place to be,
19:33and it's a cage inside that.
19:35And I was involved in a pub fight
19:38when I was 19 years old,
19:41and, uh, the police came,
19:44and they grabbed me,
19:45and they put me in the back of a divvy van.
19:48So I was scared.
19:49And I thought,
19:50am I going to end up in jail?
19:52Where does this, where does this go from here?
19:54Um, but thankfully,
19:56after everything had calmed down,
19:57they, they let me out and, uh,
19:59and I got to go home.
20:00Thank you, Andy.
20:03Willow.
20:04Psst.
20:05Psst.
20:06Mine is Willow.
20:07Hello, Willow.
20:08You lost your tooth during an ice game instant.
20:10You had to have a cow bone screwed to your,
20:13into your teeth.
20:14Does that make you feel weird when you eat steak?
20:18Sorry.
20:21Well, I've never thought about that.
20:24I mean, I may, I might feel weird now,
20:25and I'll be thinking,
20:26I'll be thinking of you every time I have a steak.
20:30The steaks are getting high.
20:36So, yes, I lost these,
20:37these two front teeth are fake.
20:39Yeah.
20:41They came,
20:41I smashed them playing ice hockey with Hamish.
20:44So, I had to have them taken out,
20:46and I've got a titanium tooth in.
20:48They screw it in.
20:49With cow bones.
20:50And then they had to rebuild my jaw line with cow bone.
20:53You're right, Willow.
20:54So, they used cow bone,
20:56and they layer the bone in there,
20:58and that moulds to my bone.
20:59But, I wondered whether I'm now half man, half cow.
21:03You know, I do sleep standing up,
21:05and I get scared of lightning.
21:07So, yeah.
21:09But, no, the steak thing,
21:10I'll think of you every time now.
21:12Oh, no.
21:13I mean, yeah.
21:16Thank you, Willow.
21:17Here.
21:18Take care of us.
21:19All right.
21:19Hello, Andy.
21:20I'm Anastasia.
21:21Lovely to meet you.
21:23All right.
21:23When we interviewed Hamish on this area,
21:27I asked him,
21:28what are the pros and cons about you?
21:31Oh.
21:31And he was actually really honest, so...
21:34Oh, no.
21:35Oh, yeah.
21:36You know.
21:37Yeah, you already know what's coming.
21:39So, let's go the opposite way now.
21:42What are the pros and cons about Hamish?
21:45Right.
21:46I'll start with the pros.
21:49Oh, he's so funny.
21:51But beyond funniness, he's an amazing friend.
21:54So, I always felt that we were going to be on great adventures.
21:58And when you catch up with Haim,
21:59you know something fun is going to happen.
22:02And they're the best type of friends for me,
22:04you know, where you can go and have fun.
22:06And it's not saying that every friend
22:07has to be this outrageously funny, adventurous person,
22:10but that's what draws me to Haim,
22:12and I just never get sick of him.
22:15Cons.
22:17Here's the list I prepared earlier.
22:21He knew this was coming, so he came prepared.
22:25Hamish, as he puts it himself, is fast and loose.
22:29So, he's very unpredictable at times,
22:31which makes him a lot of fun, but also,
22:34you can be left going, where is he?
22:36Is he coming?
22:38No one knows.
22:39I remember one day we were meant to be writing,
22:41because we were hosting an awards ceremony,
22:44and I'm sitting at the cafe,
22:46and ten minutes goes past,
22:47and I'm thinking, oh, that's normally about the time.
22:50He's late.
22:50He's always late.
22:52And I'm like, 15 minutes.
22:53I was like, better call him.
22:54Maybe he hasn't forgotten.
22:55And I called him,
22:58and he picks up the phone and just says,
22:59do you think we need a radar gun?
23:02And I said, what?
23:04What are you talking about?
23:04He said, I'm at the cricket shop.
23:07It could be fun for us to see how fast we're bowling.
23:11Now, neither of us really play cricket,
23:13but this is the impulse nature of Haim.
23:16He gets on the scent of something like an excitable dog,
23:20hound, and off he goes,
23:21and it normally follows fun and adventure.
23:23So, his con is also I've benefited from many, many times.
23:28Okay, my next question is,
23:31what is your advice to someone who wants to be a voice actor?
23:34Try different voices.
23:36Definitely.
23:36Like this one?
23:37Pikachu!
23:39Yes.
23:40But when you're doing it,
23:42always stand up.
23:43Alright.
23:44Unless the character's sitting.
23:46But make sure you express.
23:48Like, people always think that they're going to be in there
23:50and they're just talking to a microphone doing this.
23:52That's true.
23:52You have to go like crazy and be like,
23:54do not even watch this show!
23:56That's exactly right.
23:57You will sound much better if you're really expressive.
24:01So, if I'm doing whiz, I'm always sitting there,
24:04I always go long and round.
24:05Because that's how I try and get in there.
24:07Long and round.
24:08There you go.
24:09And then I'll go,
24:10No!
24:11You shouldn't be watching!
24:12And I, big with my arms.
24:14Wow, that's not entirely true.
24:18That's right.
24:19So, be really expressive.
24:20And if you're meant to be pulling something,
24:22like pulling a door,
24:23we have rubber bands in there,
24:25like big, and I go...
24:25Oh yeah!
24:26Yeah!
24:27And so you can make all those sounds.
24:30So, enjoy it when you get in there,
24:31because you're very good at voices.
24:33Next question is,
24:34Wiz would normally lie to the audience
24:38in Do Not Open This Book and Do Not Watch This Show.
24:41What is the biggest lie you have told
24:43and does it affect you to this day?
24:46Oh.
24:50There are some lies I've told
24:52that I won't tell you today.
24:54I know we're meant to share everything.
24:55Don't worry.
24:56But they generally involve,
24:58um,
25:00holding a secret for someone else.
25:03And someone that might have been in trouble.
25:06and there are,
25:07there are times that you can hold onto that for too long
25:10and then someone does the wrong thing.
25:13Wow.
25:14And so,
25:15if someone is in trouble,
25:18sorry,
25:20you don't always have to hold it on
25:21and pretend to everyone else that it's fine.
25:28Do you want some tissues or anything, Andy?
25:30Yeah, sorry, one second.
25:31Hang on.
25:31The tissue girl is back again!
25:33Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
25:39This one used?
25:41Um, no, it's not used.
25:42I'll get them second hand, eh?
25:46Hello Andy, I'm Andrew.
25:48Your book is titled
25:50Don't Open This Book.
25:51Did ever cross your mind that some kids,
25:54especially autistic kids,
25:55might literally follow instructions and never open it?
25:59I have seen some children
26:02too scared to open it.
26:04Yes.
26:04Or they're just very obedient.
26:06Um,
26:07and then there's normally a teacher there
26:10Yes.
26:10Or, uh,
26:11or a parent that can help them and encourage them to take that risk.
26:14Oh, good.
26:15Uh, but yes, it's, it's, it's been a book that I didn't realise would resonate with people with autism as
26:22much as it has.
26:22Yes.
26:23Uh, I've had schools from all over the world reach out to me, autistic schools from all over the world
26:28reach out to me saying that the book really resonates with the class.
26:32Oh, thank you Andy.
26:34Dale, you're next.
26:35Hi Andy.
26:36Hey Dale.
26:36Good to meet you.
26:37You and Hamish actually snuck into the Olympic Village in 2012 and got banned for life, which is pretty legendary.
26:43If you could sneak into any global event today just for the jokes and banter, which event would it be
26:48and what would you do once inside?
26:49Oh, wow.
26:53I would have loved to go to the King's coronation.
26:59We'd want an uppity suit, maybe a top hat.
27:02But the real question is what would you do inside?
27:04I would have had to use Wiz's voice I reckon just to kind of fit in.
27:12I would have had a good time sniggering at people thinking they're more important than they are or something like
27:17that.
27:18Awesome, thank you.
27:19Thank you, Dale.
27:20Do you want to pass along to Mitch?
27:23What were your original plans before becoming a comedian?
27:26I wanted to be an accountant.
27:28Really?
27:31Yeah.
27:31Wow.
27:32So I love numbers.
27:33I love spreadsheets and I love schedules.
27:37There was one incident, Mitch, that made me change my mind.
27:40I was finishing year 12 and I was going to do some accounting work for the Good Guys Electrical Company.
27:47So I went and worked there and I spent three days cancelling cheques instead of presenting them accidentally.
27:54And I cancelled $80 million worth of cheques.
27:58Oh, no.
27:59And back then we only backed up our system once a week and it was for the whole company.
28:07So they found out about lunchtime on a Wednesday.
28:09Everyone at the company had to do all the work that they'd done for Monday, Tuesday and a half of
28:13Wednesday again.
28:14And I didn't feel great about that.
28:16Oh.
28:17I quit.
28:18Oh, no.
28:18I went and had a summer, which I probably should have been doing anyway.
28:21And I went into university and changed it to marketing and brand management.
28:25And somehow you landed in comedy.
28:27That's right.
28:28Yeah.
28:28Alright.
28:30Your mum had a near-death experience.
28:32Do you think your mum is a fighter and are you proud of her?
28:37Um, yeah, my mum was given two weeks to live in 1996.
28:40And she's still here.
28:42So, that's annoying.
28:44Um, no.
28:46You're like, gosh.
28:48Uh, it was, it was, it was tough.
28:50It was a tough time.
28:51I was 15.
28:52Um, my mum forgot how to walk, how to talk, who we all were.
28:55Uh, so every day after school I'd reintroduce myself because she wouldn't even remember from the day before.
29:00You know, mum was the first to survive it in Australia.
29:02Yeah, cerebral vasculitis is the name of her, please.
29:06Um, and it's like a mini, mini strokes.
29:08Um, you can have it in the body but mum had it in the brain.
29:11Oh.
29:12Um, when mum came back home, that was hard because she got a culture shock.
29:20I was, I'm a mummy's boy still, but I was a mummy's boy.
29:22And she'd be making my lunch before I go to school and all these things.
29:25And we'd all become self-sufficient.
29:27Mm.
29:27And then mum was quite confused that we were just self-sufficient and then wanted to go back.
29:33So she didn't want to live with us for a little bit.
29:35I found that the hardest and I was angry with her, which it can be.
29:40We've gone through all this and you don't even want to be with us.
29:42But realising that that must have been such a shock to the system.
29:46She doesn't really remember much of the four to six months she was in hospital.
29:49Mm.
29:49So to go in and then just kind of being transported six months into the future
29:53with no recollection of what's happening around you.
29:55Mm.
29:56That was the part that was tough for her.
29:57And I understand that now, but I found that the hardest part of it at the time.
30:02So you reckon she's a fighter?
30:03She's absolutely a fighter.
30:05Um, I'm proud of mum and proud that she's still going.
30:09That's great.
30:09Thanks, Andy.
30:10Thanks, Mitch.
30:11Right.
30:12Hi, Andy.
30:13My name's Daniel or Dan.
30:15Hey, Dan.
30:15I love huskies and I rescued a husky called Spike.
30:19My question is, do you like huskies?
30:22And if you don't, I hate you and bye.
30:24Get out of here.
30:25What?
30:29Dan.
30:30Yep.
30:31I've got bad news for you.
30:33I love my fluffy dog.
30:35But I've got a reason why.
30:37Don't tell me you don't love that fluffy snow dog.
30:38I've got a reason why, Dan.
30:42So, because I'm a bit traumatised.
30:45Okay.
30:45Okay.
30:46Yeah.
30:46Hamish and I flew to a glacier in Alaska and we met all the husky snow dogs.
30:54Yeah.
30:55And then Hamish's surprise had bought me a suit entirely made out of meat.
30:59And he organised a race between me and 12 huskies.
31:07So, I was running through the snow as 12 huskies came for me.
31:11I didn't make it to the finish line and they all got me and ate me.
31:16All right.
31:17Thank you, Daniel.
31:18Ciao.
31:18It's your turn.
31:20Someone once said, no one is just one thing, right?
31:23That's true.
31:25As being part of a very famous comedy duo, how did you feel when you were boxed into being
31:31described to be the straight man of the two of us?
31:33Certainly, I had my own worries about, do I exist without Hamish?
31:40When we're doing something so strong together and I think the world of the way he performs,
31:46if I'm without him, what am I?
31:50Am I good enough?
31:52We encouraged each other from a very early, very early on to go and do things individually
31:59and you'd learn from that and you'd come back and tell the other person.
32:03But yeah, I'd be lying to say that I wasn't nervous when I went out on my own to do
32:12my own things
32:14because Hamish is a safety blanket.
32:16I have to work much harder when I'm not around him.
32:21Oh, regretting the leather pants.
32:23Every time I go to move it's...
32:25They look cool though, so don't regret them.
32:27Thank you so much.
32:28Taking advantage of being Cleo's Bachelor of the Year, would you ever use your looks to star in a movie?
32:35Oh!
32:36You know what?
32:38Thank you, but that was 20 years ago, so I think this has all changed a bit.
32:42But, um, it's one of the main reasons I write and create all my own things
32:47because I tried out for lots of things and no-one put me in anything.
32:51Um, I found it hard to be picked.
32:53You know, I'd go for things and people thought there was a better option.
32:58And so, instead of continually going down that path
33:01and just hoping that I might get picked for something,
33:05I just thought, okay, I'll just try and take destiny into my own hands here
33:08and I'll write things and put myself in them and see how they float.
33:13Yeah, nice, yeah.
33:14If they don't open up the doors for you, create your own house and doors.
33:16That's exactly right.
33:17So maybe I have to write my own film.
33:19That's awesome.
33:20Thank you so much.
33:21Thomas.
33:22So, um, so you spoke earlier about, um, your mother's, um, diagnosis,
33:29but not just that, there was also the possibility that you could have died
33:33when you were a baby after you were diagnosed with, um, something.
33:38Epiglottitis.
33:39Epiglottitis.
33:39What was your reaction when you first learned about that?
33:44The story I heard from my dad, which was sad,
33:48was they were rushing to the hospital and, uh, and I couldn't breathe at all.
33:56So I was going blue in the back and he got pulled over by the police.
34:00And dad said to the officer, hey, look, my son's dying,
34:05thinking that the policeman might help and give us away.
34:09And the policeman said, well, he's not dead yet.
34:12And went on to write up a ticket.
34:14And so I love just, you know, I'm all for our service people and the police and so on.
34:19But this was a singular moment where I was like, that, that's a shame that that happened.
34:23And that was more troubling to, to think about.
34:27Um, and then, I mean, I was, I think one, but the other sad part of it was a lady
34:34up the road
34:35in the street we grew up in, her kid didn't make it, had the same thing and didn't make it.
34:39So mum found it really difficult to be walking the pram with me and for a long time,
34:46just walked down the street instead of up.
34:48So it's, it's, it's sad that these little things can happen.
34:50I was very lucky, but also being very mindful that lots of people aren't.
34:54I see.
34:58All right.
35:00Hello, Andy.
35:00I'm Pat.
35:01Nice to, nice to be here.
35:02Nice to be here.
35:05Now, I've read a lot about your impressive Ravenswood mansion, but as a bird enthusiast,
35:10I'm curious to know, what do you think of the ravens that live around Ravenswood?
35:14Oh, I see the ravens.
35:15I'm fond of the ravens.
35:17Mmm.
35:17Not as fond of the pigeons.
35:18They keep coming in and pooing all over the place.
35:20Yes.
35:20So I need to work that out.
35:22We're working with regeneration environmentalists to get the right plants in and we're seeing
35:27birds already come back, which is incredible.
35:30So, hopefully, the place is less about the house and more about the environment once
35:37we all settle in there.
35:38That's great.
35:39And I'm glad you like the ravens, because most Australians don't.
35:42Yeah.
35:42You're like probably the 2% that do.
35:44No, I like a raven.
35:45Yes.
35:46Pat, will you pass along to Evie?
35:48Yes.
35:51Cartoons have had a huge impact on me.
35:57They are like oxygen.
36:00Since you have a cartoon show now, I was wondering, what are your favourite cartoons
36:06and did any of them have an influence on you?
36:09Oh.
36:11Yes.
36:11Great question.
36:12I mean, I loved The Simpsons growing up.
36:15Oh, good classics.
36:17Yes.
36:17They're classic.
36:18Roger Ramjet and Mighty Mouse when I was a lot littler.
36:22Oh, wow.
36:23You know, like Walt Disney, The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
36:29There's...
36:29There's...
36:30My favourite cartoon of all time was Robin Hood.
36:34Oh.
36:35Have you seen the one with all the...
36:36Yeah, yeah, yeah.
36:37Where the fox plays Robin Hood?
36:38Yeah.
36:38Yeah, I've seen that.
36:40That was my favourite of all time.
36:42I used to watch it over and over and over again.
36:45I also did something for you.
36:49Oh, wow.
36:50Oh, listen, Douglas.
36:51Because I recently watched Do Not Watch This Show and it is literally everything I've loved
36:57about cartoons.
36:58Just the wit and the writing and the animation and just the voice acting.
37:02Just I love everything about it and I really wanted... and I really want to be in the industry.
37:07So I just wanted to show my love for it.
37:10Oh, Evie, that's fantastic.
37:12Well, we operate out of Melbourne.
37:13But if you're ever down there, please reach out and I'll bring you into the studio.
37:19And like what you've done here, everything is hand-drawn.
37:24So that's why it takes so long.
37:26I didn't realise this.
37:27I'm in heaven walking amongst them and seeing what they're doing.
37:30So you have to come and visit.
37:33Thanks, Evie.
37:34Silas.
37:36Is there a question you've always wanted to ask somebody but never had the chance?
37:40Oh.
37:42Yeah, generally those ones come to like, I wish I'd asked my grandparents more things.
37:48That's the one that sits with me.
37:50You kind of end up being babysat by them and they just spoil you and it's all about you,
37:55which is great.
37:55That's what being a grandparent is about.
37:58But when I look back, I would have loved to have just showed an interest in them rather
38:02of being all about me.
38:04I do that with my parents now, just spend as much time in asking them the questions.
38:08Yeah.
38:10Thanks, Silas.
38:11James.
38:12Hi, Andy.
38:13Hey, James.
38:14What is one trait you admire in others?
38:18I really admire people's courage.
38:20And that's not when we talk about being in the front of an army, you know, running
38:24into battle with a sword.
38:25There's so many courageous things you can do.
38:28And I think the main one for me is when people stand up for what they believe in, even when,
38:36and it could just be a singular moment where someone's saying something that's not quite
38:40right.
38:40I do admire when people call that behaviour out in a pleasant way, not combative, and
38:46just are really true to their beliefs.
38:48I think that takes courage.
38:49Well, Andy, it was very courageous you coming on the show today.
38:53So, I admire the gusto.
38:56And gusto to you.
38:58Okay, okay.
39:01Andy, thank you so much for taking your time and coming on the show.
39:06However.
39:07Oh, gosh.
39:08Yeah, before you get your butt off the seat, we have a little bit of a challenge for you.
39:14We're going to do a try not to react challenge right here, right now.
39:19No laughing, no giggling, and no smiling.
39:24I'm going to find this so hard.
39:25If you lose, you get nothing.
39:27If you win, you also get nothing.
39:32I didn't know the stakes would be this high.
39:35James is going to be going first.
39:37Does Andy need his eyes shut, or is he good?
39:39Yeah, close your eyes, Andy.
39:41Okay, open.
39:44Andy Lee, I don't know him.
39:46I've never met him, but I hear he's not very talented.
39:48You know, Hamish won all the gold.
39:51I love the gold.
39:52But Andy, you know, I'm going to check Fort Knox.
39:54He's no talent, but I don't know him.
39:59So far, that is zero to Andy, and one to the students of
40:04the assembly.
40:04Okay.
40:05Croaky, guys.
40:06Usually I'm out in the wild, and I find live critters to show you, but today I've actually
40:11found a fossil.
40:13Now this is...
40:16And you can actually see here and tell his age by these lines in the fossil where he's
40:20critters.
40:25Oh, gosh.
40:27Okay, now I think it's going to get harder for you guys as it goes through, because now
40:30I'm understanding what I need to do.
40:33All right.
40:34SHARKS
40:44Noooo.
40:46Noooo.
40:47Okay, yep, okay.
40:50All right, I got wrong about it being harder.
40:53What birds do you think those were?
40:54Oh, they were birds.
40:56Sheep, there's none that I want to meet.
41:00Baby Channel Bill Cuckoo, Baby Galar, Adult Australian Raven.
41:04Ah, yes.
41:05I had it pitched as more of a teenage raven.
41:07Yeah, well done.
41:09They're pretty whiny, even when they're grown up.
41:12Andy, close your eyes.
41:14Savannah's up next.
41:22Please stand up for me.
41:34You have been asked to open your eyes now, Andy.
41:42Do you want a carrot?
41:52I absolutely loved it.
41:53Thanks, guys.
41:54Well done.
41:58Well done, Thomas.
42:00It was fantastic.
42:01So, yeah, if you do get down to Melbourne, come and visit me.
42:04Oh, yes.
42:04Yeah, awesome.
42:07You are hilarious.
42:08You are so great.
42:12It was one of the best days I've ever had in my life.
42:16Oh, yes.
42:16Oh, yes.
42:17You sit right next to me.
42:18Just here.
42:20No, no, no.
42:20Right there.
42:21Right there.
42:21Next to me.
42:22Right there.
42:23Right there, Andy.
42:24Right there.
42:25Look at the camera.
42:27The Assembly.
42:28The Assembly.
42:30The Assembly.
42:32Thank you, Andy.
42:33I had a great time interviewing you.
42:35Wow.
42:35You guys are very good at interviewing.
42:37Our next guest is a very well-known Australian actor and producer.
42:41It is Claudia Carvin.
42:43Oh, my God, she's here.
42:47Hello.
42:49Hello.
42:49How has growing up around nightclubs shaped your opinion on recreational drug use?
42:54Oh, no.
42:54That's a really odd one.
42:56I heard you don't like kissing while acting, but you still do it so many times.
43:01Do you see a space for yourself in politics?
43:04Lee Stiles has put me off being a politician.
43:12Oh, my God, is that Andy?
43:15Nice to see you, Amy.
43:16Come on in.
43:17That looks incredible.
43:19Would you like to have a go with drawing?
43:21A future animator sitting right next to me.
43:23But there is no time for pranks.
43:26It's just really incredible.
43:27Today's been the best day ever of my life.
43:30Pretty good.
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